MASON, Harold Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 34254, VX108219 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1917, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Mernda, Vic., 29 June 1898 |
| Home Town: | Mernda, Whittlesea, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mernda State School No 488 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 8 January 1977, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sale Public Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Mernda State School No 488 Roll of Honor, Whittlesea WW2 Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 34254, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Driver, 34254, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Driver, 34254, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jul 1942: | Enlisted VX108219 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Joseph MASON and Mabel Hariet nee McLAUGHLIN of Roselands, Mernda, Vic.
After WWI Harold moved to Nambrok in Victoria where he took up farming. He was a member of the Nambrok Football Club in 1923 and recieved a prize for most consistent player. He was Vice President of the club in 1926, and Captain in 1929. He was elected a trustee of the Nambrok Recreation Reserve in 1924.
He served in WW2, Service Number VX108219, with the 37/52 Infantry Battalion. In 1945 he was President of the Rosedale R.S.S.S.I.L.A (Returned Sailor's Soldier's Airmen's Imperial League, former name of the RSL).
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